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P. B. HEMINGWAY.

BED LOUNGE.

N0.387,513. ,Q Patented Aug.,7,'1888.

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Patented Aug. '7, 1888.

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P. B. HEMINGWAY.

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FREDERICK B. HEMINGVAY, OF CLINTON, IOVA, ASSICNCR TO HEM TNCVAY &KELLY, CF SAME PLACE.

BED-LOUNGE.

SFECIFJCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,513, dated Augll'7. 1833- Application filed May 19, 1888.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnioii B. HnMiNa WAY, a. citizen ofthe UnitedStates ofAmerica, residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton andState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBed-Lounges, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a bed-lounge having aslotted wire-web bottoniextending over the entire intermediate space of the-frames and providedwith folding head-rests having their legs inserted through the slots ofthe web and pivoted in position to be folded inward with thelounge-frames and to be opened outward beyond the ends of the frames,all as hereinafter fully set forth and as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my improvedbed-lounge opened 1n position for use as a bed,with the cloth coveringbroken away, showing the wire web and spiral springs. Fig. 2 is asideelevation with a portion of the back broken away.V Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section on line x fr of Fig. 1, looking toward and showingthe back in elevation. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the lounge foldedtogether at line y 3/ of Fig. 3, looking toward the head of the lounge.

A designates the main frame, and A the folding frame,hinged at c c tothe main frame.

B designates a wire web which is stretched tightly and attached in itstightly-stretched state at both ends and both sides directly to theinner edges of the frames A A.

C designates spiral springs placed and suitably supported in position toform yielding supports to the wire web when used as a spring bed-bottom.It will be seen that the wire web extends from side to side and from endto end of the said frames, covering the entire intermediate space, andthat there are no intermediate rails or wooden supports to the wire web,it being supported only loy its own tension and by the said spiralsprings, forming thus a continuous yielding spring bed-bottom from endto end as well as from side to side of the ranes when opened in positionfor use as a The forward portion of the wire web is pro- Serial No.274.431. (No model.)

vided with the slots I) to receive the legs ofthe headrest orpillow-supportframes cc,as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. Each of thesepillowsupport frames is formed of one rod, thclcgs of which frames areinserted through the slots in the wire web, and their lower ends are.bent and inserted through staples or eyes d, attached to the frames.The said slots are made long enoughV to allow the pillowsupport framesto be folded inward and to be opened outward 6o and extended beyond theends of the loungeframes, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawlngs.

lhe seat portion of the lounge is provided with the spiral springsD,which are secured in place, and the seat E and the lounge-back F areupholstered in any suitable manner. lt is evident that the wire-web bedB may be covered with any suitable material, or it may be used withoutany covering by placing upon it 7o when opened for use as a bed anordinary mattress, or a mattress provided expressly for it, to be placedupon it when in use and removed when the lounge-frames are to be foldedtogether for use merely as a lounge. Iprefer, however, to provide thewire web with a covering of cotton-batting, f, placed evenly andsmoothly over the wire web in sufficient thickness to form a comfortablebed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The cotton- 8o battingis then covered with. suitable ticking,

h, which is tackedto the frame and tufted to the batting in the usualmanner.

The folding frame of the lounge is provided with the supporting-feet m nand spring-hook 8 5 S, which hook is adapted to catch in a keeper, S',fastened to the frame A,for the purpose of holding the lounge-seat inthe folded position. These supporting-legs and hooking devices areconstructed in the usual manner.

The ticking or cloth covering h is provided with pockets to receive andentirely inclose the pillow-support frames c, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3of the drawings.

The pivots and pivoted ends of the legs of head-rests located beyond andabove the edges of the wire web or other fabric of a bedlounge arenecessarily exposed to contact with and are thus liable to injure themattress and other bedding. By means of the elongated Ico slots in thewire web Iam enabled to place the pivoted ends of the legs ofthehead-rests under a wire web Awhich is extended over the entireintermediate space between the rails of the lounge-frames, thus removingthe said pivoted ends oi' the legs entirely beyond the liability ofContact with and injury to the bedding, and by means ol' the said slotsI am enabled to employ two separate head-rests in combination with snehextended wire webbing, eaeh ol` said head-rests being' adapted to bereadily folded inward wilh the lounge-frames and to be opened outward inposition for use, as herein set forth. The said legs being pivoted inthe required positions, the head-rests,when opened ontwnrlhexleml beyondthe ends of the loungel'rames, and thus .form an extension of thebedlounge7 enabling the lounge-frames to be eurtailed correspondingly inlength.

\\"hen the bed-lounge is to be folded together, the supports c arefolded inward, as shown in llig. 3 of the drawings.

VWhnt I claim as new is-m l. .In a bed-lounge, the wire web B,proridedwith the elongated slots b and extended over the entire intermediatespace between the outer sides and ends of the lounge frames,and fastenedin a tightly-stretched state to the lounge-frames, in combination withthe two separate pillow-support frames c, having their legs insertedthrough the slots and pivotally eonneeted with the lounge-frames belowthe wire web, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a bed-lounge, the wire web B, provided with the elongated slots band extended over the entire intermediate space between the outer sidesand ends of the lounge-frames, and fastened in a tightly-stretched stateto the frames, in combination with the two separate pillow-supportframes, c, having their legs inserted through the slots and pivot-allycon neeted with the frames below the wire web in position lor theirforward portions to extend beyond the loLinge-frames,substantially asand for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signatni'e in presence 0I" twowitnesses.

FREDERICK Il. IIEMINGXVAY.

Ifitnesses:

C). STORM, W. 1G. lllmnNowAr.

